Turns out a) I don't like them and b) the gooseberry sawflies LOVE them. Vigorous and productive, but not worth the space in my garden. You absolutely need to knock back the sawflies yearly if you want leaves to last past June, but less work as the years go on. (they come out of the soil & lay eggs in mid spring) Free jar of diatomaceous earth (1) with every jostaberry bush (1)!
Needs to be trimmed and dug out. I'll do it but not until I have a taker. If no takers will dig out & dispose toward the end of November.
Sizeable jostaberry (Maple Leaf)
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